San Diego eats.
First dinner was at Sadaf, a Persian restaurant in the Gaslamp area. The food was good, but it wasn’t quite the homey, downscale ethnic place I thought I was entering. Like every restaurant I saw in...
View ArticleLas Vegas eats.
I was pretty much full for four days straight in Las Vegas; I hit an In-n-Out on the way to the hotel, ended up hungry that afternoon because I had an early lunch and a late dinner, and wasn’t hungry...
View ArticleLos Angeles eats.
Versailles, recommended to me by Joe Sheehan, is a local mini-chain serving authentic Cuban food and I ate at their location on Venice Blvd in Culver City. The menu is extensive, so I asked the waiter...
View ArticleSacramento, Oakland, Palo Alto eats.
Klawchat is tentatively scheduled for 1 pm EDT Friday. I’ll also be on the Herd around 1:40 pm, which will be taped. I bounced around northern California a little last week and found a few spots worth...
View ArticleBirmingham eats, 2009.
Before I get to the eats: * ESPNEWS hit coming up in a few minutes here at 3:40 pm EDT. It’s via phone. * I filed a revised top 100 last week but it was never posted. A revised revised top 100 will go...
View ArticleIndianapolis eats.
Indianapolis seems like a perfectly nice place to visit in the spring or summer, but its potential as a “walking city” (even though downtown is pretty heavy on the chain restaurants) was nonexistent...
View ArticleYeast-raised Belgian Waffles.
I’ve mentioned before that the problem with “Belgian waffles” as currently served by most American restaurants that offer them is that they are only “Belgian” in shape – it’s a regular waffle batter...
View ArticleLas Vegas eats, 2012.
I was in Vegas with the family for a good friend’s 40th birthday weekend (or, as we chose to put it, her 39.99999….th birthday), and managed to sneak in two meals at places I can recommend. Border...
View ArticleDurham eats.
My column on this year’s All-Star Game roster flubs is up now for Insiders. Our 72 hours in Durham were very filling, even though I ended up skipping lunch one day while at the ballpark. We stayed...
View ArticleChicago eats, 2013.
My trip to Chicago was very brief, by design – I flew in on Saturday morning, had lunch, went to the Under Armour All-American Game, had dinner with Old Hoss, and flew home that night – so time was...
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